Folding box.



J. BALAZS.

FOLDING BOX.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, 1911. 1,017,367, Patented ,Feb; 13, 1912.

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. ATTORNE Y3 UNITED STATES PATENT @FFTCE,

JOHN BALAZS, OF MICHEL, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO UNOKA MIHAIJ, ONE-FOURTH TO G. I-TEKKEL, AND ONE-FOURTH TO MANDI BALINT, ALL OF MICHEL, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

FOLDING BOX.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN BALAZS, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Michel, Province of British Columbia, and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Boxes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to folding boxes, and the objects of my invention are first, to provide a box that can be easily and quickly folded or collapsed to occupy a comparatively small space in storage or transportation, second, to furnish a folding box with simple and effective means for maintaining the same rigid when in use, and third, to accomplish the above results by a mechani cal construction that is strong and durable, easy to manipulate and inexpensive to manufacture.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawings, wherein like numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is an end view of the box partly broken away and partly in section, Fig. 2 is a plan of the same with the lid and partitions thereof removed, Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the box partly broken away and partly in section, Fig. 1 is a similar view of the box partially folded, Fig. 5 is an end view of the same, and Fig. G'is an end view of the box completely folded.

A box in accordance with this invention comprises a hollow bottom, sectional end walls adapted to fold upon said bottom, front and rear walls adapted to fold upon said end walls, a lid adapted to fold upon the rear wall of the box, and detachable partitions or shelves adapted to be placed in the hollow bottom of the box.

The hollow bottom of the box comprises two foldable sections consisting of base plates 1, rear walls 2, end walls 3, bot-tom plates 4: and front hinged doors 5 adapted to close the compartments 6 formed by said walls. The base plates 1 of the hollow bottom are hinged together, as at 7 whereby the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 27, 1911.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

Serial No. 623,680.

sections of the hollow bottom can be folded together, as best shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. The front hinged doors'5 permit of shelves, to be hereinafter referred to, being placed in the compartments 6.

Hinged to the outer ends of the bottom plates at, as at S are sectional end walls comprising sections 9 and 10, said sections being hinged together, as at 11 whereby the sec tions 9 can be folded upon the bottom plates 1 and the sections folded upon the outer sides of the sections 9.

The bottom plates & are provided with longitudinal rear cleats 12 and front cleats 13, the latter cleats being of a greater depth than the former. Hinged to the rear cleats 12, as at 1 1 is a front wall 15 adapted to fold inwardly upon the sections 10 of the end walls. Hinged to the upper edge of the rear wall 15, as at 16 is a lid 17 and this lid is adapted to engage the upper edge of a front wall 18 hinged to the cleat 13, as at 19. After the lid 17 is folded rearwardly upon the outer side of the rear wall 15, the front wall 18 is folded upon the inner side of the lid 17.

The front and rear walls, together with the lid 17 are made in sections or divided upon a vertical line representing a continuation of the division between the sections 10 of the hollow bottom of the box, as best shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The hollow bottom of the box is braced by corner pieces 20 and in order to maintain the sections of the hollow bottom in alinement, the top plate of one of said sections is provided with a lock 21 having a keeper 22 adapted to engage a pin 23, carried by the other section of the hollow bottom.

The sections 9 of the end walls have locks 2% of a conventional form adapted to engage in the hollow bottom and maintain the sections 9 in a vertical or set up position, and the sections 10 of said end walls have similar locks 25 adapted to lock the sections 10 in vertical alinement with the sections 9.

The forward edge of the sectional lid is provided with hasps 26 and these hasps are adapted to engage in staples 27 carried by the front wall 18 of the box.

The inner sides of the front and rear walls 15 and 18 are provided with brackets 28 adapted to support partitions or shelves 29 and when the box is to be folded or collapsed,

these shelves are removed and placed in the compartments of the hollow bottom, the shelves also being made in sections.

After the end walls, front and rear walls and lid having been folded upon the hollow bottom, as shown in l and 5 of the drawings, the folded structure can be again folded or broken in the middle, one end of the hollow bottom being folded upon the opposite end thereof, as best shown in Fig. 6, thereby providing a rectangular structure that occupies a small space compared to the box when in a set up position.

What I claim is 1.. A folding box con'iprising a sectional hollow botton'i having compartments formed therein, hinged doors normally closing said compartments, sectional end walls hinged to said hollow bottom and adapted to have the sections thereof fold inwardly with one section of each wall resting upon said hollow bottom and the other section resting upon the first mentioned section, a sectional rear wall adapted to fold inwardly upon the last mentioned sections of said end walls, a sectional lid hinged to the upper edge of said sectional rear wall and adapted to fold rearwardly upon the outer side of said sectional rear wall, and a sectional front wall carried by said hollow bottom and adapted to fold inwardly upon the outer side of said sectional rear wall, said sectional bottom having the sections thereof hinged together and foldable upon themselves and carrying when folded, the elements of the box folded thereon.

2. A folding box comprising a sectional hollow bottom having compartments formed therein, hinged doors normally closing said compartments, sectional end walls hinged to said hollow bottom and adapted to have the sections thereof fold inwardly with one section of each wall resting upon said hollow bottom and the other section resting upon the first mentioned section, a sectional rear wall adapted to fold inwardly upon the last mentioned sections of said end walls, a sectional lid hinged to the upper edge of said sectional rear wall and adapted to fold rearwardly upon the outer side of said sectional rear wall, a sectional front wall carried by said hollow bottom and adapted to fold inwardly upon the outer side of said sectional rear wall, said sectional bottom having the sections thereof hinged together and foldable upon themselves and carrying when folded, the elements of the box folded thereon, and sectional shelves detachably arranged in said box and adapted to be placed in. the sections of said hollow bottom.

A folding box comprising a compartment bottom provided with doors for clos ing the compartment formed thereby, said bottom formed of two sections hinged together and foldable upon themselves, sectional end walls folda-ble upon themselves and each hinged to a section of said bottom,

front and rear walls foldablc upon each other and each formed of two sections, each of the sections of said front and rear walls hinged to a section of said bottom, and a lid toldable upon the outer side of the rear wall and formed of two sections each hinged to a section of the rear wall.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN BALAZS. lVitnesses G. Hnititnn, Louis ANGEL.

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